Govindaswamy Nagarajan vs. Sandra Scheick

This appeal is an outgrowth of complaints filed by a group of Tennessee State University students regarding the performance of their physics professor. After the students complained to the university, the professor filed a pro se complaint in the Chancery Court for Davidson County against the Tennessee Board of Regents, the university, four university administrators, and twenty-four students, alleging breach of contract, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and discrimination based on age, race, and national origin. The trial court dismissed the professor's complaint in its entirety in response to motions to dismiss filed by the university defendants and a number of the student defendants. The professor then filed serial "motion[s] to vacate the order of dismissal for just cause." The trial court denied the first motion and, treating the second motion as a Tenn. R. Civ. P. 60.02(2) motion, also denied the second. On this appeal, the professor seeks to raise twelve issues regarding the merits of his claim. However, the only matter properly before us is the denial of his second "motion to vacate the order of dismissal for just cause." We have determined that the trial court properly denied this motion. We have also determined that this appeal is frivolous.